Chapter Eighteen Commentary for Beside Still Waters

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When I was a kid and I couldn’t sleep I used to hold my breath and time myself to see how long I could do it. When I took SCUBA lessons, I had to swim from one end of a pool to the other with all the gear on blowing out bubbles the entire time. That familiarity with the desperate feeling of wanting to suck in air actually helped get me through that swim because I knew how long I could push past it.

I have seen dolphins up close in the ocean and also snorkeled with sharks circling under me. Both are thrilling experiences. Dolphins like to escort ships by swimming in front of them oftentimes.

I am a sucker for happy endings. However, I have been known to kill off important characters, even main point-of-view characters in my books. My favorite author is Zane Grey who wrote about a hundred books. About 6 or 7 of those either had tragic endings or disappointing endings. Those upset me, but it made reading each new book very thrilling because I never knew for sure if the main characters were going to live or die. That bit of uncertainty kept the edge on the stories.

The time spent waiting to get released from a hospital can be some of the longest time in the world!

I love having people actually meet me inside baggage claim. It makes you feel special.